Archives: Films

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BIFA Podcast with John Hannah

Join hosts Karis Aldridge and Joy Hunter as they sit down with John Hannah (The Mummy, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Incomer and Bad Day at the Office, both premiering at EIFF 2026) to discuss his journey into the...

60 mins

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Girls on Film: Live at EIFF

Join Girls on Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival for a very special live episode. Host of the world’s leading podcast about women on film, Anna Smith, will discuss some of this year’s most exciting films. Her guests will be...

60 mins

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

Enlisted by a millionaire to secure the safe return to the US of errant son Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), the mysterious Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) journeys to Italy, there he falls into a world of hedonism and intrigue where resentments...

Anthony Minghella

1999

139 mins

End of Times

European Premiere

End of Times

The members of a film workshop at a psychosocial rehabilitation center for people with schizophrenia come together to create a movie about the end of the world....

European Premiere

Ismael Morales, Mao Osorio

2026

19 mins

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No One Believes In Me

World Premiere

No One Believes In Me

A disillusioned Bigfoot impersonator has an increasingly bad day in Anabelle Lemieux’s (Fowl Play, EIFF 2025) darkly comedic, visually striking and highly original short about loneliness, frustration and disenfranchisement. -Emma Boa...

World Premiere

Anabelle LeMieux

2025

11 mins

UK Film Conference: Industry Keynote

The mission of EIFF is to be the home of independent cinema in the UK and the inaugural UK Film Conference is a key part of that mission. We present a one day conference on Saturday 15 August that will...

12A

Out There

World Premiere

Out There

Still grieving the disappearance of her scientist father, amateur teenaged astronomer Maz (Stocks) is convinced she has spotted something suspicious hovering above her sleepy Welsh hometown. Recruiting the support of her best mate Little Elis (Moya), UFO-obsessed conspiracy theorist Bryn...

World Premiere

Simon Ryninks

2026

80 mins

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Faces of Death

UK Premiere

Faces of Death

The iconic series is given a gloriously meta and intelligent update in this macabre reboot. When a website content moderator discovers a series of disturbing clips that seem eerily similar to scenes from the original Faces of Death franchise, she...

UK Premiere

Daniel Goldhaber

97 mins

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Hungry

World Premiere

Hungry

When a group of tourists ventures off the beaten track in the vast swamplands of the Louisiana Bayou, they find themselves trapped in a claustrophobic open locale by a very large, very active, very food-centred hippo. As the group fights...

World Premiere

James Nunn

2026

92 mins

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Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution

World Premiere

Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution

Determined to avenge the murder of his best friend and partner in crime, Pat Tate (Fairbrass) journeys to Ibiza on a roaring rampage of revenge. Up against arms traffickers, the CIA, some familiar foes and a seemingly endless parade of...

World Premiere

Nick Nevern

2026

112 mins

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Theodore Schaefer

2026

81 mins

Industry Talk: Unmaking the Colonial Gaze in Cinema

Edinburgh-based, bi-racial British Chinese filmmaker Paul Sng, director of last year’s EIFF closer Reality is not Enough, presents an innovative session that will discuss...

60 mins

Without Kelly

Forced to leave her baby daughter with the child’s father, young mother Esther is caught in desperation and longing. Through the night she chases...

Lovisa Sirén

2025

15 mins